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Wayanad (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Member of parliament
  
M. I. Shanavas

State
  
Kerala

Female electors
  
634,598

Party
  
Indian National Congress

Male electors
  
614,822

Wayanad (Lok Sabha constituency)

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Thiruvambadi, Ernad, Nilambur, Wandoor, SulthanBathery, Kalpatta, Mananthavady

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Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency is one of twenty Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. Wayanad is a newly created constituency consisting of seven assembly constituency segments spread over 3 districts Kozhikode, Wayanad and Malappuram.

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Assembly segments

Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:

  • Mananthavadi
  • Kalpetta
  • Sulthan Bathery
  • Thiruvambady
  • Nilambur
  • Wandoor
  • Eranad

    • Members of Parliament

  • 2009: M. I. Shanavas, Indian National Congress. In the General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha, Shri M.I. Shanavas of INC won the Wayanad constituency. He defeated his nearest rival, Advocate M Rahmathulla of CPI by a margin of 153,439 votes. MI Shanavas secure 410,703 votes. M Rahmathulla secures 257,264 votes. K Muraleedharan of NCP secures 99,663 votes. MI Shanavas is a native of Neerettupuram, Alappuzha, and is KPCC general secretary. He entered politics through the Kerala Students Union and worked in the Youth Congress and Seva Dal. He was one of three leaders who rebelled against senior Congress leader K. Karunakaran and formed a third group. (The others were Ramesh Chennithala and G. Karthikeyan.) He contested unsuccessfully to Lok Sabha in 1999 and 2004. He also faced defeat in two assembly elections.

    • References

    Wayanad (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia
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